Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this study is to identify the main characteristics of educational practices which affect negatively the child’s emotional development. The aim of punishment is for the undesired behaviours not to be committed again. Even if this type of intervention has some behavioural immediate consequences, the influence on child’s profound personality structure is a long term effect. Feelings as fear and regret are mutually exclusive emotions. This is why the child domination strategies don’t determine a real behavioural change. But because of parents’ too strong emotions they determine strong disciplinary interventions subscribed in maltreatment area. The destructive impact of maltreatment on child development is discussed and the involved factors are presented in order to delineate the area of alienating disciplinary practices.

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Causes of Demotivation and Features of Re-Motivation at Person’s Career

Summary/Abstract: The theoretical analysis of psychological and social characteristics of motivation, motives' transformation, motivators, processes of demotivation and re-motivation in personality's professional activities and their impact on one's career was made in the article. We use the term motivation to explain the psychological development, impact on career, self-realization, which combines efficiency and passivity, initiative and stagnation of personality. We assume that professional crises, professional maladjustment, emotional exhaustion, fatigue and other phenomena that can lead to dissatisfaction with the activities, excitation and emotional tension which provoke internal and external conflicts - are psychological causes of demotivation. Therefore, unfavorable social-economic situation, difficulties in self-fulfillment up to the deterioration of interpersonal relationships and psychological climate in the team, insufficient moral and material stimulation, etc. - are social causes of demotivation. Re-motivation is a system of measures aimed at motivation restoration. It helps to ensure additional support for the self-development in everyday and professional situations.

Summary/Abstract: The focus of the present study is on students' metacognitive knowledge, strategies and experiences involved in learning. Due to the complexity of the construct, the literature on metacognition promoted a proliferation of senses and approaches. The paper presents a model in which specific levels of generalization of the construct of metacognition are differentiated. Based on their level of generalization, the clusters of metacognition are located in a hierarchical structure. Two main constructs are differentiated: metacognitive knowledge and metacognitive management. Each cluster unfolds three different interrelated factors: knowledge on persons, on strategies, and on tasks, in the case of metacognitive knowledge cluster, and metacognitive strategies, metacognitive monitoring and control, regulation and self-evaluation, for the cluster of metacognitive management. The theoretical model was empirically tested on a sample of 575 Romanian students in upper secondary education. Structural equation modeling was conducted to test the fitting of the model. Methodological implications and directions for future research are discussed.

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The Dynamics of Group Reltations – Internal and External Infuences on its Syntality

Summary/Abstract: As socially active persons, we are inevitably part of various groups which facilitate the activities that we carry out daily. Our personal attitude within the group that we belong to can influence the group activities in a positive or in a negative way, or it is possible that our influence on the group be insignificant or negligible. Belonging to various groups and social categories gives the person a social identity, which is always built in terms of a comparison or an analogy with other persons or groups. Building an identity means determining similarities and differences in a conceptualised environment through the unconditional intervention of the categorization process. This research project aims at investigating the manner in which the individual characteristics of a person influence the characteristics of the group he/she belongs to, as well as the connections established among the group members, in terms of group activity.

Summary/Abstract: This study aims to highlight the most frequent factors that determine the educational interventions to exceed into disciplinary excesses. Explanatory models are presented including social factors, parental personality characteristics and child emotional factors. In the maltreatment etiological equation the parent or educator psychological personality represents a strong determinant. Attachment, defined as an emotional relationship between parent and child, has also profound influences in maltreatment phenomenon. The key factors involved in the development of attachment are considered to be mainly the responsibility of the adult to signals transmitted by the child (modulating arousal) and the various interactions initiated by the adult (stimulation). Child maltreatment involves risk factors correlated with attachment problems, but also with interference of ego organization and the poor integration of cognitive, social, emotional and motivational dimensions of behaviour.

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Individual and Group Frames of Socialization - the Relation between Colective Self-Esteem and Attachment Style

Summary/Abstract: One of the most important subjects of the developmental psychology is theory of attachment. This theory suggests that every child creates in his mind in the first periods of existence a relational pattern that will influence his entire social life. Collective self-esteem is a concept which expresses the affective function of social identity. The paper presents the results of an inquiry on several aspects, dealing with relationships between the attachment style and the collective self-esteem. The results of inquiry may be the starting point in the more elaborate understanding of the affective self, functioning.

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Personal Self-Presentation as Means of Occupational Stresses and Burning-Out Prevention

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the means of preventing professional psychological disorders. The social-psychological phenomenon of self-presentation is viewed as the personal structure which takes part in personal interactions and defines the mode person interprets the data taken from the social environment and the personal data transmitted back to the environment. Variety of presentational images includes everyday interactions, professional presentation and quite recent phenomenon of social networks' communication. We presume that self-presentation has to be analysed as an interpersonal structure or an explanation scheme of the way person deals with information. Nowadays occupational stresses, psychological break downs and burning out are very common, mainly due to the changes of the social-psychological environment and processes of information exchange. The named changes are peculiar features of modern society and can be classified as interpersonal information processing disorders, because they have incorrect data processing as their common feature. We suppose that forming an adequate picture of oneself and understanding the true meaning of the data taken from the environment are the necessary premises of effective self-presentation construction. And effective self-presentation is the basis for person's ability to prevent interpersonal information processing disorders. Besides it is supposed that profound research of the self-presentation structure can show the ways of effective prevention of interpersonal information processing disorders. Basic interrelations between given phenomena are discussed on the grounds of social-psychological discourse.

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Psycho-Pedagogical Support of Moral Education of Preschool Children: a New Perspective

Summary/Abstract: In the article are being considered questions of psychological and pedagogical support of moral education of preschoolers as one of the most important directions in modern Ukrainian preschool education system. Preschoolers’ moral education is a complex process, because children, knowing the rules and regulations often violate them. The reasons of such behavior are due to age-related features, the influence of the environment and the individual development specifics. A significant amount of theoretical material is accumulated by psychological and pedagogical science, but out of sight is effective ways delineation and appliances of psychological impact to implement tasks of moral education. For successful implementation of the moral education tasks, a psycho-pedagogical support of this process should be given.

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School Functioning of Children from Single Mothers Families - Selected Aspects

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the issues of functioning at schoolchildren living in single-parent families. Two aspects of the functioning - the participation in class and school life, and dealing with school education were analyzed. It is an attempt to answer the question, what kind of problems and success in this area children have. The attention was paid to areas requiring support for single-parent families to allow children the best possible development and proper functioning in the school environment.

Summary/Abstract: The present research aims to analyse the relationship between the student conflict resolution styles and the corresponding perceived conflict resolution styles of their class masters. In addition, the research analysed the moderator effect of pupil’s gender upon this relationship. The participants were 241 high schools students (125 boys and 116 girls). The results showed that there are significant positive corelations between the student conflict resolution styles and the perceived class master conflict resolution styles. The correlations were less stronger in the case of avoidant conflict resolution style as compared with the other ones. Students’ gender has a moderating effect only in relationship with the integrating conflict resolution style, the correlation being stronger in case of boys than of girls.

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The Peculiarities of Relationships between Values and Professional Burnout of Pre-School Teachers

Summary/Abstract: This study was carried out among 408 pre-school teachers working in kindergartens of state property in Chernivtsi (Ukraine) and Chernivtsi region. The present research aims to uncover the main accents of psychological knowledge of values at pre-school teachers with different levels of professional burnout. Research objectives reduced to: 1) identify the nature of the relationship between values and pre-school teachers professional burnout; 2) highlight the functional role of values in shaping pre-school teachers professional burnout. Methodics of research were: questionnaire “Emotional Burnout” V. V. Boyko and “Questionnaire of S. Schwartz to study the personal values”. The article empirically proven assumptions about the existence of the relationship between burnout and values, the determination of burnout at various stages of its formation not only the individual values (“Conformity”, “Power”, “Hedonism” on the level of normative ideals; “Benevolence”, “Power” on the level of personal priorities), but also according to their structural organization at the both levels; defined leading and basic values, which carry the strongest influence on the burnout forming.

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Charity, Philanthropy and Social Welfare in Poland - Historical Contexts

Summary/Abstract: The main purpose of the present research will be a synthetic presentation of the history of human help in the Polish lands during the period from the X-th to the XX-th century, its evolution from ad hoc and appreciative, charitable and philanthropic support to the formation of the system of benefits and professional services. The paper also point out on the most important connection between the development of subsidiarity in other countries and their impact on the development of such activity in Polish lands. In the process of historical development the social organizations have undergone a huge evolution from the provision of temporary and discretionary philanthropic support for the implementation of statutory benefits and services in the post-war state.

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School Nutrition Dietary Assessment – A Prerequisite for Nutrition Education

Summary/Abstract: Overweight in children is a current issue in Romania. The long term consequences are numerous and serious. Therefore, a nutritional assessment in school is required in order to identify weight problems for students and prevent overweight.We evaluated 16 students aged between 10 and 12 years old (5th grade). The study was made in two directions: anthropometric assessment (BMI percentile) and nutritional assessment (food frequency questionnaire). Then we developed nutrition lessons adapting the learning contents to the intellectual and age characteristics of pupils. Among 16 students evaluated, one student was underweight, 10 students were normal weight, 4 students are overweight and one student was obese. Nutrition evaluation revealed that most students eat fast food almost daily, they use the computer or TV at least an hour per day and they are not choosing healthy food. At the parent-teacher meeting were presented the findings. We explained that it is necessary to consult a nutritionist who could recommended a complete program for weight control. Overweight is the result of unbalanced diet and lack of exercise. To prevent childhood obesity it is necessary a collaboration between parents, teachers and nutritionists for nutrition education activities.

Summary/Abstract: The practical abilities that the bachelor degree students have, who choose to become teachers have been for a long time the target of educational policy makers, theoreticians or practicians. There is an overwhelming agreement that, from this point of view, there is so much to do. That is why the decision of The National Ministry of Education to launch a strategic project to target, among other issues, the optimization of the pedagogical practice activities, according to the latest tendencies in the domain enjoyed great appreciation from all those interested in this problem. The present reserch will emphasize some of the intentions and conclusions of the above project, from the perspective of the follow up activities which were performed in the final stage of the project.

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the research is to emphasize important aspects of the development and interconnectivity of national cultures in Bucovina, in the field of music in the XIX century. This period became known as a center of national and cultural development in the field of dance, music, national traditions, songs, customs, national costumes, fairs or other arts. In the field of music there was a great interest of musiciens, composers and researchers such as Vorobchevici S., Miculici A., Norst A., Leviţkii M. in the research of folk music and traditional music culture of Ukranians, Romanians, Germans or Polish from Bucovina. The cultural context in Cernăuţi and Bucovina developed owing to the existence of more music organizations, which in the second half of the XIX-the century covered more socio-cultural and educational activity fields. It should be mentioned the importance of the Music National Society in the orgatization of charitable and educational concerts, meant to promote clasical and national music; the organization of literary and musical events, art courses for the youth or the functioning of the youth amateurs theatre. The cultural life in the XIX century was rich in art events: cultural and musical public events, cultural weeks dedicated to different composers such as Şubert, Moţart, Bethoven and much more.

Summary/Abstract: Non-formal education (NFE) represents one of the most important component of education, that can offer the opportunity for students to better understand what professors teach using extracurricular activities. But non-formal educations means more than that and can be implement by many others institutions like church, civil society, children’s clubs, non-guvernamental organizations and so on. In this sense, mass-media represents one of the main agents that can implement NFE, even if its status is more complex than that. In the present study, we will intend to descrive the status and role of media in students’ education, trying to insist on iys role in non-formal one.

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Research Regarding the Entrepreneurial Education in the Romanian High Schools

Summary/Abstract: Starting from the premises that there are a multitude of didactic methods to teach entrepreneurship, we elaborated two questionnaires, to which a number of 395 pupils and 35 high school teachers answered. The aim of the present research was to identify how to grow the efficacy of the teaching-learning process of the entrepreneurial disciplines. The research shows that students are interested in entrepreneurial education, are innovative and ambitious, determined to do something new, have the desire to show that they can be leaders, and they are perseverant… What student aspects must be developed? Can this discipline develop in the future, in the context of the raised interest of the teachers and students for teaching-learning entrepreneurship? Learning/teaching entrepreneurship must become more effective so that the results can be quantified in the number of graduates who will become entrepreneurs.

Summary/Abstract: The second half of the twentieth century brings a new perspective of studying social phenomena of networks inside the organizations. The moment marks a general shift in terms of understanding the realities of organizational environment. It speaks of a move away from individualistic, essentialist and atomist explanations and an understanding of organizations in terms of relationships. Another line of research, prolific in the number of existing studies, analyzes organizational is the formal - informal axis. Research on this line have demonstrated a major influence of relations between informal structures of communication and the ability of employees to establish contacts and identify the information that travels over internal networks.To better understand these coordinates, this paper proposes to understand concepts as network, network communication and informal network and to outline the roles that social actors play in the different types of informal networks of communication.

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The Main Problems and Prospects for Reform of Higher Teacher Education in the Context of the Bologna Process

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the changes in teacher's education designed to ensure high competitiveness of future graduates. The author enlists all the reforms needed in educational field for Ukrainian education to become able to compete with those of European countries. It is stated that process of structural reform in national education systems, changes in educational programs and institutional reforms should be made. The legislative norms for the changes in question are reviewed. The author comes to the conclusion that given evolution of the education system should not be separated from other areas of society. It has to develop in a harmonious interrelation with society as a whole, taking on the role of its leader.

Summary/Abstract: Current rules provide support to the needy on Polish territory defined by the Act on Social Assistance dated. 12 March 2004 (Journal of Laws No. 64, item 593rd of item d.). It specifies the exact tasks in the field of social assistance, the types of benefits, rules and procedures for the provision and organization of social assistance and the rules and procedures of control. It also defines the rules for granting permanent benefit, monetary assistance for refugees, provisions for social work, counseling and crisis intervention, clarifies when and who can use monetary and non-monetary benefits. The Act expands the issue of childcare and family. Family gets help in the form of: counseling and family therapy, social work and ensuring the care and education of children outside the family (Ustawa o pomocy społecznej z 12 marca 2004).

Summary/Abstract: After 25 years of theoretical and practical education models imported from the international literature it is time to think better. We drew the conclusion that the so called modern or postmodern practices were in the latent or subconscious form in our learning pattern, fact which makes us sustain that the mechanisms through which education and instruction are achieved, are universal. Context is always different and that is how we explain the instruction model promoted at a certain moment. The diachronic analysis in the pre-university or university education makes us draw the conclusion that mentoring, the new concept, and discipleship, the old concept, are actually almost two identical concepts (regarding objectives, contents, duration, instruction methods, evaluation methods, competencies, certifications).

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Everyday Life of Education and Welfare Institutions.
Selected Research Methods

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with issues of educational institutions functioning. The author presents possible ways to study everyday life of educational and welfare institutions, but it can also refer to a number of other institutions and organizations - connected with various areas of human activity. Thorough comparison of the concept of “everyday life” meanings and interpretations are given. It is stated that in the Polish study of education the topic of everyday life rarely appears. Institutions are viewed as an integral part of social reality that's why institutions are interpreted to be not stiff, lifeless buildings with a sign on the outside, but a living organism, a part of a much wider system. Grounded theory as one of the paradigms of field research, close to humanist approach is used in the given study. The author comes to conclusion that both grounded and ethnography theories can be successfully used to study everyday life in educational institutions and welfare centers or other because they allow to know the specifics of place and noticing phenomena impossible to capture with a quantitative study.

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on issues of formation and development of pre-school teachers’ professional training in Bukovina in the time it was a part of Austrian-Hungarian Empire. On the grounds of historiographic analysis of the issue under research was found impact of state legislative-normative acts on professional pre-school education system, quality of professional training of would-be pre-school teachers. It clears the meaning of the all-Austrian law on grounds for education in people’s schools of May 14, 1869, which was the first in the history of Austrian education legislation to include pre-school institutions in the system of primary education and introduced teachers professional training for pre-school and primary educational institutions on the basis of newly-founded women’s teachers seminaries; the order of Ministry of Religion and Education of May 22, 1872 on kindergartens and related institutions, which established official system of pre-school education in the Austrian part of Austrian-Hungarian Empire, as well as prerequisites for obtaining teacher’s qualifications at a one-year Froebel course at teachers seminaries and through distant education. The article analyzes prerequisites for formation and peculiarities of functioning of Chernivtsi State Women's Teachers Seminary, organizing pre-school teachers professional training on its basis within general teachers training for people’s schools and by means of part-time Froebel courses (distant training for teachers with mandatory three-month practicum on the basis of a kindergarten with distinction at a teachers seminary).

Summary/Abstract: Quality of education represents a previous conditon for social sustainable development. The concept of sustainable development has changed in time, without existing an universal model ofeducation. For sure, such a model cannot be conceived, because there are different approaches ofeducation for each society, which vary from economic, cultural and technological points of view.Education for sustainable development brings in the same time a new motivation for the educationalact, offering the opportunity to those involved, to creatively participate to identify solutions andevaluate the alternatives to create a sustainable future. Taking this into account, we can de!ne it astransposing the abstract in reality, by putting in the centre of attention the human potential andknowledge. Knowledge means power, which denotes that, as long as a person assimilates moreinformation, his potential and abilities will significantly grow. Education is going to assure support foryoung adults, in general, in this continuously changing world, global and full of challenges anduncertainties, helping them realize the complex relationships and action mode that they have toadopt. The basic concept of the society based on knowledge for a sustainable development is data,information and knowledge. Knowledge always represented a motric force of change, a powerful determinant of progress in all domains. Starting from these reasons, the present paper proposesitself to investigate the relationship between education and social sustainable development, being apylon in the conversion of sustainable development

Summary/Abstract: The wide spread of mobile devices encouraged the evolution of techniques for distance education. Pedagogical Agents are agents that are designed for pedagogical purposes to support distance learning. Object oriented programming is the most used programming paradigm that is taught in all the universities with computer science profile. Teaching environments based on Multi-Agent architecture support the development of more interactive and adaptable systems. The objective of this paper is to discuss the feasibility of implementing Distributed Intelligent Learning Environments based on the Multi-Agents Architecture approach considering the requirements for an intelligent pedagogical agent.

Summary/Abstract: In the light of ageing European population and workforce, the recent economic downturns and the labour market’s increased flexibility (Maniscalco, 2013), non-formal adult education is becoming a hot topic for the educational policy’s agenda of the European Union. The research question is as follows: What is non-formal adult education in Latvia? The purpose of the present research is to analyse non-formal adult education in Latvia via a focus group interview underpinning elaboration of a new research question on non-formal adult education in Latvia. The meaning of the key concepts of “conceptual framework”, “adult”, “adult education” and “non-formal education” is studied. Moreover, the study demonstrates how the key concepts are related to the idea of “non-formal adult education” and how the steps of the process are related: conceptual framework → empirical study → conclusions. The methodology of the present research is built on the exploratory type of an empirical study. Interpretive research paradigm is applied to the empirical study. A focus group interview as the method of data collection was used. The focus group was composed of eight adult education’s stakeholders in February 2015. Summarizing content analysis of the data demonstrates fragmentarism in non-formal adult education in Latvia. A new research question is formulated. Directions of further research are proposed.

Summary/Abstract: The emergence of the network society allowed new insights to understand organizational reality. This paper attempts to describe four of them: structural perspective which has as its fundamental objective the identification of positions for organizational actors, the prospect's focus on resources of the weak or strong ties, the perspective of focusing on attributes such as age, gender, education, income, status marital and the perspective approach of cognitive networks approach which focus on studying the performances of individuals inside and /or outside organization.

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Structural Analysis of Readiness of Future Educators to Using of Innovative Technologies

Summary/Abstract: The modern system of education in Ukraine puts forward new requirements to the existing level of preparedness of graduates of higher educational institutions, to their professional activity. The formation of a system of requirements to the quality of organization of professional education of future teachers of preschool educational institutions is expressed through its focus on the formation of a competent specialist of the new generation, prepared for the use of innovative technologies.So, the actuality, pedagogical significance of the problem, the practical need for its study and scientific-methodological rationale led to the choice of topic of scientific research.The aim of the study - on the basis of generalization and systematization of the professional scientific literature to clarify the essence of readiness of future educators of preschool educational institutions for using of innovative technologies in the work with children of preschool age, to determine its components, criteria, indicators and levels of formation.The object of research is the readiness of future teachers of preschool educational institutions for using of innovative technologies.Research methods - are generalization and systematization of the professional scientific literature and online information resources; praxemetric method (a generalization of pedagogical own experience).We developed the following components and their corresponding criteria of readiness of students to the using of innovative technologies in the work with children of preschool age: the motivational-target; cognitive; operationally-activity; evaluation without diminishing the role and significance of the proposed approaches of various authors, into account the characteristics of innovation activity.

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The Ability to Reflection as Professionally Important Quality of a Future Specialist of Preschool Education

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the concept and functions of reflection as a psychological-pedagogical phenomenon, the main approaches to its interpretation; the role of reflection in modern life and various aspects of teaching. The author proves that reflection is a professionally significant quality of the personality of the educator, the development of which is a necessary condition for evaluating himself, others and himself through others, therefore, and professional development and self-improvement.The aim of the study on the basis of generalization and systematization of the professional scientific literature to clarify the essence reflection as professionally important quality of a future specialist of preschool educationThe object of research reflection as professionally important quality of a future specialist of preschool educationResearch methods - are generalization and systematization of the professional scientific literature and online information resources

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Competence Approach in Professional Pedagogic Education of Future Children Educators: Conceptual and Terminological Discourse

Summary/Abstract: Analyzed in this article are different approaches to the definition of the notion “competence”, “professional competence”. Explained is expediency of usage of competence approach in professional pedagogic education of future educators. Determined are main requirements to the professional competence of modern educator of preschool children.

Summary/Abstract: The book Key Concepts in Russian Pedagogy treats the status of pedagogy from a historic and epistemological point of view, demonstrating that pedagogy is an autonomous science, since it has a specific object of study, a research methodology, it is quantifiable, it has a specific language and implies a classification of the pedagogical sciences. The objectives of the study are: to present the evolution of the thoughts on education from a historic perspective, to present the pedagogical ideas in an analytical – comparative manner, to analyze the articulation of basic pedagogical concepts.The expected results of the research are to add value to fundamental concepts subsequent to studying representative specialists in Russian pedagogy and certain pedagogical orientations.

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Considerations Regarding the Content of Education Transmitted through Curricular Format

Summary/Abstract: Although teaching is one of the oldest human activities, pedagogy is relatively recent About the content of education, transmitted through curricular format, in the literature, there are several theories of some didactics of mathematics experts, such us Didactic Transposition (Yves Chevallard) and Theory of Didactic Situations (Guy Brousseau), as well as to teachers of educational psychology (Lee Shluman) or teachers of psychology- computers science - mathematics (Punya Mishra şi Mathew J. Kholler), which launched other theories values, such as Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) or developed, initially concept making it to form the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK). After a short description of these theories the paper presents the personal contributions on graphic representation of curriculum intentionally and curriculum tested. For, exemplifying the new method are presented two applications suggestive. At the end of the paper summarizes some conclusions.

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The History Textbook – Ideological Reorientations and New Didactical Approaches

Summary/Abstract: In the following article we will attempt to illustrate the manner in which the discourse of the History textbook undergoes a shift from the nationalist perspective to the promotion of the European dimension. This ideological reorientation has been supported at the level of national educational politics starting from 1990. A declared finality of the reforming changes in education is represented by the promotion of European values. Shifting the History discourse from the ethnocentric register to the pro-European one supports the idea that, generally, History textbooks do not place into circulation a neutral and objective product, but a certain version of the “collective memory that moves the society at a given time”(Mihalache, C., 2012, p.143). The new didactic approaches that advocate for multiple perspectives in the teaching of History could represent efficient ways of putting a stop to ideological manipulations. The analysis of the manner in which knowledge is built for students in 12 History textbooks between 1976 and 2011brings to light methodological options that promote the development of critical thinking in students in the new generation of textbook

Summary/Abstract: This article discusses the advantages of teaching-learning Geometry with the help of the new educational technologies to motivate students and undergraduates, which may lead to building focus, interactivity and feedback during lessons.The 3rd-year students from the Department of Mathematics, “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacău, also attending the courses of the Pre- and In-Service Teacher Training Department, have experimented the relevance of the new technologies in teaching and learning Geometry, by applying a new approach to the design and conduct of a lesson of Geometry.The teaching practice conducted at “Octavian Voicu” Middle School has shown that the use of AEL laboratories and dynamic mathematical software in teaching and learning generates improved results for students in Geometry lessons, as well as in the National Evaluation test.The research tests, applied to two 8th-grade classes, demonstrated the efficiency of teaching Geometry by using computers in solving problems and promoting Geometry knowledge, building active thinking and competences, as well as skills in representing plane and space geometrical figures.

Summary/Abstract: One of the greatest challenges for the small schoolchild which begins with the graduation of the first grade, when he starts writing all by himself sentences and phrases, has proved in time to be represented by the proper writing of the hyphen. Different publishing houses haven't managed this problem right, and as a proof of that we came across with many scientific mistakes in student's books or lots of difficult explanations to comprehend. By taking this into consideration, I consider that the small schoolchild has to understand the reason of using the hyphen even from the early stages of writing learning, avoiding in this way the acquiring of wrong writing skills. This can be done by using a teaching method suitable for the end of the first grade and for the beginning of the second grade. The final purpose is the correct use of the hyphen in the Romanian language. We got the maximum efficiency with this method by separating the use of the hyphen in the speaking and the writing skill, using for that a rule that applies in both skills,in speaking and in writing.

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this study is to prove that we can use the children’s folklore as a source, a mean, but also a stimulating context. We would like to show that we can get the children involved into creative activities by using the children’s folklore which thus becomes a favorable field for stimulating challenges with regards to language and communication. We can stimulate creativity by using the children’s folklore and we consider that it gives/offers “the temperature” of creativity.17 children have been involved in creational activities which took place within “The Rhymes Workshop” for 2 years. We used a series of creative exercises using the children’s folklore. We then examined the linguistic procedures we found in these creations, we wrote down the elements of novelty. Oral and written creations from the children’s folklore contribute to the development of the verbal fluency, of flexibility. Students have found themselves into situations which demanded breaking the patterns, improvise, unusual associations of words. The creations they came up with have the dimension of originality. Therefore this work expresses the creative, unique experience of giving different forms to the fictional space of childhood.

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